Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


So it was that while Saxon could get little glimmering of common
sense from others, from the terrible old woman she got none at
all. Nor could Saxon bring herself to believe much of what she
considered Mercedes' romancing. As the weeks passed, the strike
in the railroad shops grew bitter and deadly. Billy shook his
head and confessed his inability to make head or tail of the
troubles that were looming on the labor horizon.


"I don't get the hang of it," he told Saxon. "It's a mix-up. It's
like a roughhouse with the lights out. Look at us teamsters. Here
we are, the talk just starting of going out on sympathetic strike
for the mill-workers. They've ben out a week, most of their
places is filled, an' if us teamsters keep on haulin' the
mill-work the strike's lost."

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